Portable grave liner



May 29, 1934. R w TALLEY l;960,761

PORTABLE GRAVE LINER Filed June v1. 1932 Patented May 29, 1934 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to devices for lining graves or the like andparticularly to a liner which may be kept in stock by underakers andwhich may be readily carried to the grave and 5 inserted in the grave soas to line the walls thereof.

A further object is to provide a portable grave liner which may be madeup in different dimensions to accommodate various sizes of caskets andwhich is molded in one solid piece of concrete cured and kept in stockas are other undertakers supplies.

A further object is to so construct the grave liner as regards itsdetails that it shall be particularly strong and thoroughly reinforcedwhile at the same time being relatively light.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a grave liner constructed inaccordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through one of the walls of theliner;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Figure1.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the grave liner generally whichis rectangular in plan to provide opposed side walls and opposed endwalls. These side and end walls are formed preferably of integral moldedconcrete. Inasmuch as the end walls and side walls are alike, adescription of one of these walls will apply to all of the walls.

Each wall of the liner has a smooth outer face 11. The inner face isformed with longitudinally extending recesses 12 defined by outwardlyprojecting ridges or ribs 13. The recesses 12 will terminate short ofthe junction of one of the walls with the next adjacent wall as shown inFigure 3. The recesses 12 may have any desired depth and any desiredwidth. Ordinarily the recesses will have a Width of approximately fourinches and have a depth of approximately two inches. The ribs definingsaid recesses are re- 5 inforced by the longitudinally extendingreinforcing bars 14 which extend to the end of the wall but do notproject beyond the edge of the wall, that is, beyond the surface of theliner.

The body of each wall is reinforced inward of the ribs and rests bymeans of any desired reinforcing elements, though I have shown for thispurpose a reinforcing element of intersecting wires, as for instance, awire fabric designated 15.

It will be seen that inasmuch as the ribs and recesses of any one Wallterminate short of the (Cl. (i1- 41) adjacent walls, the corners of thestructure will be the full thickness so as to provide what may be termedcorner posts, thus giving support to any weight which may be placed uponthe top of the liner. Preferably the system of ribs and recesses willbegin with a rib at the top of the grave liner wall and end with a ribat the bottom of the wall.

In actual practice, the width of the ribs will be approximately 1 M2inches. The longitudinally eX- tending grooves or recesses of the innerface of the liner wall eliminate from 40% to 50% of the weight, cost ofmaterials and the labor of making a solid wall liner while at the sametime they greatly increase the strength of the wall. It will be seenthat I have provided a portable grave liner which is as strong anddurable as grave liners made in situ. This grave liner is simple todesign, extremely durable and provides an absolute protection from thecaving in of the grave walls, particularly in view of the fact that theliner may be fully cured before being inserted whereas where plasticcement is used for lining the grave opening, it may be and usually isnot allowed to set properly before the grave is used and thus is notfully cured.

I claim:

As an article of manufacture, a grave liner rectangular in plan and openat the top and bottom and entirely unobstructed throughout its entireinterior, and formed of one integral piece of concrete, the inner faceof each wall of the liner having a plurality of longitudinally extendingrecesses defined by intermediate ribs, the recesses terminating short ofthe corners of the liner, and the uppermost recesses being below the topof the liner, whereby the top edge of the liner is of full thickness andwhereby the corners of the liner are of full thickness, and reinforcingelements embedded. in the concrete of the liner.

ROBERT W. TALLEY.

